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USO

United States Oil

$131.85 -2.07%

(8/24 11:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/24 12:00pm) 44,830

Calls: 26,180 (58%)

Puts: 18,650 (42%)

Prior (08/21) 68,413

Calls: 54,309 (79%)

Puts: 14,104 (21%)

Current vs Prior -34.47%

Calls: -51.79% (Calls)

Puts: +32.23% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 810,481

Calls: 561,465 (69%)

Puts: 249,016 (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average 115,783

Calls: 80,209 (69%)

Puts: 35,573 (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -61.28%

Calls: -67.36%

Puts: -47.57%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/24 12:00pm) $7.07M

Calls: $3.38M (48%)

Puts: $3.69M (52%)

Prior (08/21) $15.01M

Calls: $13.22M (88%)

Puts: $1.80M (12%)

Current vs Prior -52.92%

Calls: -74.44%

Puts: +105.50%

Prior 7-Day Total $382.62M

Calls: $346.88M (91%)

Puts: $35.74M (9%)

Prior 7-Day Average $54.66M

Calls: $49.55M (91%)

Puts: $5.11M (9%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -87.07%

Calls: -93.18%

Puts: -27.75%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/24 12:00pm) 0.71

Prior (08/21) 0.26

Current vs Prior +174.31%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.48

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +48.23%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/24 12:00pm) 1,148,453

Calls: 250,483 (22%)

Puts: 897,970 (78%)

Prior (08/21) 574,951

Calls: 331,242 (58%)

Puts: 243,709 (42%)

Current vs Prior +99.75%

Prior 7-Day Total 3,921,644

Calls: 2,291,049 (58%)

Puts: 1,630,595 (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average 560,234

Calls: 327,292 (58%)

Puts: 232,942 (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +104.99%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (08/26) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 3.35% | 4.45%4.45% | 6.55%9.55% | 13.83%

Prior 4.49% | 5.74%0.78% | 5.74%0.78% | 10.40%

Current vs Prior -25.41% | -22.42%+471.11% | +14.06%+1123.94% | +33.03%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.24% | 4.93%2.53% | 6.11%2.77% | 10.96%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +3.37% | -9.70%+76.08% | +7.19%+244.37% | +26.27%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.49% | 5.74%0.78% | 5.74%0.78% | 10.40%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -25.41% | -22.42%+471.11% | +14.06%+1123.94% | +33.03%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 20.96% | 19.79%

Calls: 27.50% | 22.19%

Puts: 14.43% | 17.39%

Prior 50.42% | 20.20%

Calls: 56.25% | 33.33%

Puts: 44.59% | 7.08%

Current vs Prior -58.43% | -2.03%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.74% | 20.19%

Calls: 23.64% | 16.14%

Puts: 33.84% | 24.25%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -27.07% | -2.00%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 53% vs prior. P/C ratio rising 174% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (897,970 puts vs 250,483 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning. Rising open interest (up 100%) indicates new positions being established.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
12:00	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 183 of results (avg 7.0%, best 2.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$108.00	Sep 18	23.95	24.60	$24.28	2.7%	1	0.94	401
$109.00	Sep 18	22.95	23.65	$23.30	3.0%	--	0.94	122
$111.00	Sep 11	20.85	21.50	$21.18	3.1%	--	0.94	46
$112.00	Sep 18	20.25	20.90	$20.58	3.2%	--	0.92	78
$120.00	Sep 18	13.35	13.80	$13.58	3.3%	65	0.81	2.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$142.00	Sep 18	12.55	12.90	$12.73	2.7%	--	0.71	178
$155.00	Sep 18	23.75	24.45	$24.10	2.9%	--	0.87	372
$145.00	Sep 18	15.00	15.50	$15.25	3.3%	7	0.76	729
$140.00	Sep 18	11.00	11.40	$11.20	3.6%	72	0.67	1.8K
$135.00	Sep 18	7.60	7.90	$7.75	3.9%	15	0.56	848

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 13 found (avg $0.53, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Aug 26	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	402	0.10	1.2K
$150.00	Sep 4	0.51	0.60	$0.55	16.4%	69	0.10	398

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$122.00	Aug 26	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	15	0.04	5.4K
$129.00	Aug 26	0.72	0.87	$0.80	18.8%	341	0.27	252
$118.00	Sep 4	0.40	0.48	$0.44	18.2%	1	0.09	287
$119.00	Sep 4	0.48	0.56	$0.52	15.4%	299	0.10	72
$120.00	Sep 4	0.58	0.65	$0.62	11.3%	23	0.12	421

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 281 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$110.00	Aug 26	21.60	22.80	$22.20	5.4%	--	1.00	85
$112.00	Aug 26	19.05	21.35	$20.20	11.4%	2	1.00	3
$113.00	Aug 26	17.90	20.35	$19.13	12.8%	1	1.00	7
$115.00	Aug 26	16.15	18.30	$17.23	12.5%	29	1.00	108
$116.00	Aug 26	15.20	17.35	$16.27	13.2%	3	1.00	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Aug 28	21.70	24.25	$22.98	11.1%	--	0.98	25
$153.00	Aug 26	19.95	21.85	$20.90	9.1%	1	0.97	--
$152.00	Aug 26	18.95	20.75	$19.85	9.1%	1	0.97	--
$146.00	Aug 28	12.85	15.40	$14.13	18.0%	--	0.94	56
$145.00	Aug 28	12.55	14.20	$13.38	12.3%	--	0.93	71

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 444 active (total vol 32.5K, top 2.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Aug 28	0.05	0.12	$0.09	77.8%	2.5K	0.02	1.8K
$138.00	Sep 11	2.82	3.00	$2.91	6.2%	1.5K	0.34	44
$135.00	Aug 26	0.77	0.97	$0.87	23.0%	1.2K	0.28	1.4K
$138.00	Aug 26	0.34	0.44	$0.39	25.6%	1.1K	0.14	1.4K
$150.00	Aug 28	0.05	0.16	$0.11	100.0%	1.1K	0.03	6.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$130.00	Sep 18	4.80	5.00	$4.90	4.1%	2.1K	0.43	4.1K
$125.00	Sep 18	2.74	3.00	$2.87	9.1%	1.7K	0.30	4.1K
$115.00	Sep 18	0.82	0.89	$0.86	8.1%	1.3K	0.11	9.5K
$126.00	Sep 18	3.15	3.40	$3.28	7.6%	1.2K	0.33	363
$128.00	Aug 26	0.48	0.65	$0.56	30.4%	1.1K	0.20	381

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 32 strikes (avg 8.8%, max 17.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$127.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	49.8%	42.3%	17.6%	12	62
$131.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	47.9%	41.8%	14.6%	58	84
$130.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	47.9%	42.2%	13.6%	151	452
$128.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	47.5%	42.3%	12.3%	10	122
$129.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	46.9%	41.9%	11.9%	5	56

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$127.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	49.8%	42.3%	17.6%	113	388
$128.00	Aug 26	Sep 25	47.5%	41.0%	15.8%	1.1K	403
$137.00	Aug 26	Sep 18	52.5%	45.6%	15.1%	--	80
$131.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	47.9%	41.8%	14.6%	128	77
$130.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	47.9%	42.2%	13.6%	800	871

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 310 found (best R:R 0.57, avg 2.92)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$118.00	$125.00	Oct 2	$4.45	$2.55	$4.45	81%	0.57	$122.45
$115.00	$116.00	Aug 28	$0.47	$0.53	$0.47	100%	1.13	$115.47
$111.00	$112.00	Sep 25	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	91%	1.22	$111.45
$110.00	$111.00	Sep 4	$0.57	$0.43	$0.57	100%	0.75	$110.57
$120.00	$121.00	Sep 4	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	89%	1.22	$120.45

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$141.00	$140.00	Sep 2	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	80%	2.33	$140.70
$138.00	$137.00	Aug 28	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	79%	1.50	$137.60
$143.00	$142.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	91%	0.82	$142.45
$135.00	$134.00	Sep 25	$0.22	$0.78	$0.22	55%	3.55	$134.78
$149.00	$148.00	Sep 18	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	81%	0.82	$148.45

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 222 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.52)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$143.00	$145.00	Sep 11	$0.85	$0.85	$1.15	74%	0.74	$143.85
$137.00	$138.00	Oct 2	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	56%	2.03	$137.67
$134.00	$135.00	Sep 25	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	53%	2.03	$134.67
$134.00	$135.00	Sep 2	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	57%	1.27	$134.56
$133.00	$134.00	Aug 28	$0.54	$0.54	$0.46	56%	1.17	$133.54

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$106.50	$106.00	Aug 28	$0.33	$0.33	$0.17	95%	1.94	$106.17
$107.50	$107.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.30	$0.20	95%	1.50	$107.20
$108.50	$108.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.30	$0.20	95%	1.50	$108.20
$124.00	$123.00	Oct 2	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	70%	1.22	$123.45
$112.50	$112.00	Aug 28	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	95%	1.17	$112.23

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 24 found (avg debit $1.11, cheapest $0.61)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.92	46.8%	42.3%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.92	46.5%	44.0%
$130.00	Aug 26	Aug 28	$0.84	47.9%	45.7%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.87	44.4%	42.4%
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.03	47.1%	45.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.61	46.8%	42.3%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.96	46.5%	44.0%
$130.00	Aug 26	Aug 28	$0.64	47.9%	45.7%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.85	44.4%	42.4%
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.92	47.1%	45.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 178 found (cheapest 2.93% of stock, avg 8.30%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$132.00	Aug 26	$1.85	$2.01	$3.86	$128.14	$135.86	2.93%
$131.00	Aug 26	$2.40	$1.55	$3.95	$127.05	$134.95	3.00%
$130.00	Aug 26	$2.86	$1.15	$4.01	$125.99	$134.01	3.04%
$133.00	Aug 26	$1.45	$2.66	$4.11	$128.89	$137.11	3.12%
$129.00	Aug 26	$3.54	$0.80	$4.34	$124.66	$133.34	3.29%
$134.00	Aug 26	$1.09	$3.28	$4.37	$129.63	$138.37	3.31%
$135.00	Aug 26	$0.87	$4.22	$5.09	$129.91	$140.09	3.86%
$128.00	Aug 26	$4.55	$0.56	$5.11	$122.89	$133.11	3.88%
$132.00	Aug 28	$2.54	$2.76	$5.30	$126.70	$137.30	4.02%
$131.00	Aug 28	$3.11	$2.31	$5.42	$125.58	$136.42	4.11%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 200 found (cheapest 0.85% of stock, avg 5.89%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$136.00	$127.00	Aug 26	$0.68	$0.44	$1.12	$125.88	$137.12
$136.00	$128.00	Aug 26	$0.68	$0.56	$1.24	$126.76	$137.24
$135.00	$127.00	Aug 26	$0.87	$0.44	$1.31	$125.69	$136.31
$135.00	$128.00	Aug 26	$0.87	$0.56	$1.43	$126.57	$136.43
$136.00	$129.00	Aug 26	$0.68	$0.80	$1.48	$127.52	$137.48
$135.00	$129.00	Aug 26	$0.87	$0.80	$1.67	$127.33	$136.67
$134.00	$127.00	Aug 26	$1.09	$0.44	$1.53	$125.47	$135.53
$134.00	$128.00	Aug 26	$1.09	$0.56	$1.65	$126.35	$135.65
$134.00	$129.00	Aug 26	$1.09	$0.80	$1.89	$127.11	$135.89
$136.00	$130.00	Aug 26	$0.68	$1.15	$1.83	$128.17	$137.83

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 272 found (best R:R 1.50, avg credit $0.52)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
106/106	137/138	Aug 28	$0.60	$0.40	70%	1.50	$105.90	$137.60
107/108	137/138	Aug 28	$0.57	$0.43	70%	1.33	$106.93	$137.57
106/106	135/136	Aug 28	$0.65	$0.35	62%	1.86	$105.85	$135.65
106/106	140/141	Aug 28	$0.47	$0.53	79%	0.89	$106.03	$140.47
108/108	137/138	Aug 28	$0.57	$0.43	69%	1.33	$107.93	$137.57
106/106	138/139	Aug 28	$0.52	$0.48	74%	1.08	$105.98	$138.52
114/115	143/145	Sep 11	$0.95	$1.05	65%	0.90	$114.05	$143.95
107/108	135/136	Aug 28	$0.62	$0.38	62%	1.63	$106.88	$135.62
107/108	140/141	Aug 28	$0.44	$0.56	80%	0.79	$107.06	$140.44
107/108	138/139	Aug 28	$0.49	$0.51	74%	0.96	$107.01	$138.49

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 208 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$125.00	$126.00	$127.00	Aug 26	$0.05	$0.95	7%	19.00
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	8%	15.67
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.91	12%	10.11
$124.00	$125.00	$126.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	7%	15.67
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.95	5%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 26	$0.05	$0.95	16%	19.00
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 26	$0.06	$0.94	16%	15.67
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	11%	15.67
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	10%	15.67
$110.00	$112.00	$114.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$1.94	4%	32.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 193 found (best net $-1.63, 185 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.23	$4.77
$147.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.45	$2.55
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.83	$4.17
$143.00	$144.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.05	$0.95
$146.00	$147.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.07	$0.93

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$141.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$1.63	$7.37
$155.00	$146.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$5.28	$3.72
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$3.86	$6.14
$143.00	$135.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$3.48	$4.52
$123.00	$122.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.06	$0.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 143 found (best yield 3.53%, avg 1.66%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$140.00	Oct 2	$4.65	0.38	6.2%	3.53%	9.71%	10	1.4K
$138.00	Oct 2	$5.15	0.41	4.7%	3.91%	8.57%	--	40
$137.00	Oct 2	$5.45	0.43	3.9%	4.13%	8.04%	--	13
$135.00	Oct 2	$6.15	0.47	2.4%	4.66%	7.05%	--	341
$145.00	Oct 2	$3.50	0.31	10.0%	2.65%	12.63%	--	346
$132.00	Oct 2	$7.40	0.52	0.1%	5.61%	5.73%	3	7
$136.00	Oct 2	$5.60	0.45	3.1%	4.25%	7.39%	--	34
$134.00	Oct 2	$6.40	0.49	1.6%	4.85%	6.48%	1	4
$133.00	Oct 2	$6.75	0.50	0.9%	5.12%	5.99%	3	4
$143.00	Oct 2	$3.45	0.33	8.5%	2.62%	11.07%	--	10

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 26,180

Total Puts 18,650

Put/Call Ratio 0.71

Net Difference 7,530

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 54,309

Total Puts 14,104

Put/Call Ratio 0.26

Net Difference 40,205

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 561,465

Total Puts 249,016

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.48

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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